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HMS Hambledon (L 37)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type I) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type I) 
PennantL 37 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend 
Ordered 
Laid down9 Jun, 1939 
Launched12 Dec, 1939 
Commissioned8 Jun, 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Hulked in 1955.
Scrapped at Tyne in September 1957.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Stephen Hope Carlill, RN
1 April 1940 – ca. October / November 1940

HMS Hambledon was in Dockyard Control during repairs

Lt.Cdr. John Richard Barnes, RN
5 May 1941 – 21 October 1942

Lt.Cdr. G.W. McKendrick, RN
21 October 1942 – 27 December 1943

Lt. Louis George Toone, RN
27 December 1943 – 10 April 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. C.G. de L. Bush, RN
10 April 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Hambledon include:

7 Oct, 1940
HMS Hambledon (Cdr. S.H. Carlill, RN) hit an acoustic mine in the English Channel off South Foreland in position 51º08'N, 01º21'E during operation Lucid, a planned raid with numerous incendiary vessels, gunboats, MTBs, minesweepers and other escort destroyers on the German invasion fleets assembled in the French channel ports. She was severely damaged. Repairs were completed in mid-May 1941. (see map)

30 Mar, 1944
The German submarine U-223 was sunk in the Mediterranean north of Palermo, in position 38º48'N, 14º10'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Laforey (Capt. H.T. Armstrong, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Tumult (Lt.Cdr. N. Lanyon, RN) and the British escort destroyers HMS Hambledon (Lt. L.G. Toone, RN) and HMS Blencathra (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Warren, RN). (see map)


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